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1485
 
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Matthias Corvinus, king of Hungary, captures Vienna and makes the city his capital      
c. 1485
 
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A tower is added to St Mary's in Barnes See in Google maps   
St Mary's Church, in Barnes

1485
 
    
Henry Tudor kills Richard III at Bosworth Field and takes the crown as Henry VII       
Henry VII, by unknown artist, 1505


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1486
 
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Henry VII, whose mother is Lancastrian, marries the Yorkist heiress Elizabeth and thus unites the roses - in the Tudor rose       
The Tudor rose


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1487
 
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When the enlarged pyramid at Tenochtitlan is dedicated to Huitzilopochtli, the Aztec sacrifice of human victims lasts for four days       
1487
 
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Lambert Simnel, supposedly a nephew of Edward IV, is crowned in Dublin - but ends up working in the royal kitchens of Henry VII        
1487
 
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The Fuggers make their first loan to a Habsburg archduke, beginning a profitable link with the dynasty       
1487
 
    
The Inca empire is extended to the north and a second capital is established at Quito       
1487
 
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Boiardo publishes a romantic epic, Orlando Innamorato, about Roland's love for a bewitching princess       
1487
 
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When Henry VII is in Richmond for Christmas, fire breaks out in his lodging and destroys much of the palace See in Google maps